Assassin’s Creed 5: Black Flag publisher Ubisoft has released a new developer Q&A video looking at the game’s historical influences, and discussing the pirate setting at large. Ubisoft has also released details of a new Blackbeard collectible figurine that will come with certain – to be determined – pre-order bundles via Uplay and other stockists.

We’ve also got two new pieces of concept art and one gameplay shot below, as well as a photo of the Blackbeard figure, which you can pre-order here. Let us know what you make of them all below.

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag hits PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U and Xbox 360 on October 29 across North America, and across Europe from November 1.

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